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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6528

Introduced

Tracking and Restricting Adversarial Circumvention of Embargoes Act of 2025

Sponsor
DRaja Krishnamoorthi· Illinois
Introduced
December 9, 2025
Policy area
International Affairs
Latest action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.December 9, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6528 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6528

To require a report on the purchases of Iranian oil by the People's 
Republic of China, support from entities and individuals in the 
People's Republic of China for Iran's ballistic missile program, and 
for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself and Mr. Cline) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 
addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To require a report on the purchases of Iranian oil by the People's 
Republic of China, support from entities and individuals in the 
People's Republic of China for Iran's ballistic missile program, and 
for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Tracking and Restricting Adversarial 
Circumvention of Embargoes Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees and Secretary of the 
Treasury a report analyzing oil and ballistic missile-related 
transactions between the People's Republic of China and the Islamic 
Republic of Iran.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
(1) An assessment of the purchases of Iranian oil by the 
People's Republic of China since 2020, including an assessment 
of the use of transshipment points and shell companies as 
methods to insulate the People's Republic of China from 
sanctions.
(2) An assessment of significant financial transactions by 
entities in the People's Republic of China related to the sale, 
supply, or transfer to Iran of chemical precursors and other 
materials that may support the ballistic missile program of 
Iran.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION.

Not later than 6 months after the submission of the report required 
by section 2, the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine whether the 
People's Republic of China is conducting any sanctionable activities 
and report such determination to Congress.
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